Administrator's Guide to the U.s. Department of Education, Including Technology Resources


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Centralizes and compiles information on U.S. Dept. of Education's services to educators. Covers: its organizational structure; technology resources; on-line resources; Goals 2000; Indian education; migrant education; impact aid; school-to-work opportunities act; higher education programs; Star schools program; Blue Ribbon schools; bilingual education and minority languages; Presidential scholars program; regional educational labs; special education programs; project CHOICES; state directors of adult education; clearinghouses; and much more.




Personalized Learning


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Personalized Learning: A Guide for Engaging Students with Technology is designed to help educators make sense of the shifting landscape in modern education. While changes may pose significant challenges, they also offer countless opportunities to engage students in meaningful ways to improve their learning outcomes. Personalized learning is the key to engaging students, as teachers are leading the way toward making learning as relevant, rigorous, and meaningful inside school as outside and what kids do outside school: connecting and sharing online, and engaging in virtual communities of their own Renowned author of the Heck: Where the Bad Kids Go series, Dale Basye, and award winning educator Peggy Grant, provide a go-to tool available to every teacher today—technology as a way to ‘personalize’ the education experience for every student, enabling students to learn at their various paces and in the way most appropriate to their learning styles.




Technology in Schools


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National Education Technology Plan


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Education is the key to America's economic growth and prosperity and to our ability to compete in the global economy. It is the path to higher earning power for Americans and is necessary for our democracy to work. It fosters the cross-border, cross-cultural collaboration required to solve the most challenging problems of our time. The National Education Technology Plan 2010 calls for revolutionary transformation. Specifically, we must embrace innovation and technology which is at the core of virtually every aspect of our daily lives and work. This book explores the National Education Technology Plan which presents a model of learning powered by technology, with goals and recommendations in five essential areas: learning, assessment, teaching, infrastructure and productivity.










The Guidebook of Federal Resources for K-12 Mathematics and Science


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Contains directories of federal agencies that promote mathematics and science education at elementary and secondary levels; organized in sections by agency name, national program name, and state highlights by region.